Nasim Pedrad (Persian: نسیم پدراد; born November 18, 1981 in Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian-American actor and comedian.
She is perhaps best known for starring on NBC's Saturday Night Live as a featured/repertory player for five seasons, where she became known for her impersonations of celebrities like Arianna Huffington, Kim Kardashian, and Barbara Walters.
After her fifth season in 2014, Pedrad left SNL for the FOX sitcom Mulaney opposite John Mulaney, which was ultimately canceled after one season. Since then, she's appeared on New Girl and Scream Queens.
Selected filmography:
- ER (2007 — 2009) as Nurse Suri
- Saturday Night Live (2009 — 2014) as herself / various characters
- The Lorax (2012) as Once-ler's mother (voice)
- Despicable Me 2 (2013) as Jillian (voice)
- Mulaney (2014 — 2015) as Jane Parvana
- New Girl (2015 — 2018) as Aly Nelson
- Scream Queens (2015) as Gigi Caldwell
- People of Earth (2017) as Special Agent Alex Foster
- Aladdin (2019) as Dalia
- Desperados (2020) as Wesley Darya
- Chad (2021) as Chad, the title role (she also created it, directs, produces and writes the show)
